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Inquisitor back on the workbench

The greatest threat to the Imperium of Man is, and has always been, the followers of Chaos and the foul daemons of the Warp. The Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus, the Daemonhunters, are at war with forces too terrible to comprehend and, together with the holy warriors of the Grey Knights, they must take the light of the Emperor into the darkness. The threat of the daemonic is so great that only these heroic warriors have the necessary skills and knowledge to stand against such diabolical foes.

One of the HQ choices is of course an Inquisitor and a very nice model it is too. I decided early on that I would leave the book he was holding separate and glue it on later.

After getting to this point, the model then went into storage.

More photographs of the model from the workbench.

He started off with a white undercoat and the paper areas were given a thinned coat of Desert Yellow.

Inquisitorial Henchmen

Across my workbench (or in storage) I have quite a few Inquisitorial Henchmen.

Witch Hunters are grim, cold individuals who have dedicated their life to the eradication of corruption wherever it may be. Most witch hunters are the state-issued Templars of the Cult of Sigmar. However, there are a wide variety of others, from the Colleges’ Magisters Vigilant to local mercenaries hired out to a nobleman’s service. What they all have in common however is their dedication and zeal against all things tainted and unpure.

All of them need a lot of work.

The workbench features on the henchmen.

Ork Kommandos back on the bench

A Kommando is an Ork Boy specialist who prefers to rely on “kunning trikz” instead of fighting his opponents head-on like most other Greenskins. Kommandoz serve as the Orks’ infiltrators and saboteurs, and are masters of the arts of stealth, ambush, unconventional tactics and striking at the opponent from a totally unexpected quarter.

At GamesDay 2006 I purchased a box of Ork Kommandos. The Orks came in quite a few components, and each as their own backpack, with the Nob backpack also having a Grot hiding in the top. I based the models using a basing kit.

The models were given a black undercoat.

Having given the models a black undercoat, a couple were drybrushed with Tin Bitz.

I am going to follow an idea I used with my Stormboyz, but instead of browns, I am going to use greens.

Along with these five models, I have two Ork Kommandos with Burnaz and one with a Big Shoota.

More photographs of the model from the workbench.

Ork Kommando with Burna

At GamesDay 2006 I purchased a box of Ork Kommandos. They were a release from Games Workshop as part of the Medusa V campaign. I also got a couple of Kommando with a Burna. This is a nice model. The Ork Kommando with Burna comes as two castings, which provides four components, the main body, a backpack and the two arms, one of which has the actual burna. I constructed the models and I added some slate and modelling sand to the base.

The next stage was to give the models a black undercoat, where the black spray has “missed” areas this was touched up with thinned down Chaos Black paint. Having given the models a black undercoat, they were drybrushed with Tin Bitz.

More photographs of the model from the workbench.

Ork Kommando with Big Shoota

At GamesDay 2006 I purchased a box of Ork Kommandos. I got the Kommando with Big Shoota to add to the force. I put the whole model together. I added some slate to the base.

The next stage was to give the model a black undercoat. I then gave the model a drybrush of Tin Bitz.

More photographs of the model from the workbench, as well as the GW painted version.

Grey Knights in Terminator Armour

I had both a Grey Knights Terminator with Psycannon and a regular Grey Knights Terminator. These were metal models, which went together very easily.

I gave them both a black undercoat.

…and then I lost interest. However I have got them out of storage recently. As you can see the models have suffered by being in storage and there are parts of the models where the undercoat has been worn away. I don’t think though I will redo the undercoat at this stage. I am thinking about painting them with Leadbelcher, but I may need to get a new can of spray as my current can doesn’t seem to be doing the trick at the moment.

More photographs of both models from the workbench.

Grey Knights Librarian in Terminator Armour

In 2007 I purchased the new Space Marine Librarian in Terminator armour as I really did like the model and for me would certainly fit into my Grey Knights army with all the books and purity seals.

Obviously at £8 I thought it was quite expensive for a single model at the time, but then when has Games Workshop even made “cheap” models. Of course today the plastic Librarian in Terminator Armour is slightly more costly at £26.

Nice model and nice that all the weapon options are included. The model comprises three castings, once I had put these together I gave the model a black undercoat.

I then started painting the armour, using Leadbelcher…

…and then I lost interest. However I have got it out of storage recently. As you can see the model has suffered by being in storage and there are parts of the model where the undercoat has been worn away. I don’t think though I will redo the undercoat at this stage, especially as I had already started painting the armour.

Space Marine Librarian in Terminator armour

Stormboyz Nob

One of my Ork units I do like are my Stormboyz. Games Workshop did produce a metal Stormboyz Nob, however it was only available by mail order and not from their shops. So when I was up in Nottingham back in the day I did get the Stormboyz Nob when I visited Warhammer World.

At this point the model is constructed and has been given a black undercoat.

As you can see the model has suffered by being in storage and there are parts of the model where the undercoat has been worn away. I don’t think though I will redo the undercoat at this stage.

The parts went together very easily. The only exception was the model was too heavy for the slottabase (and the tab was on the thin side). So I decided to use a resin piece from my Urban Basing Kit and use a 40mm round base instead of the supplied 20mm base.

Here are some photographs of the model building and painting process until now.

Reflecting on the Ruined Factorum models

I got a number of the Ruined Factorum sprues, when they were included with copies of. Warhammer 40000 Imperium. Most of the versions of the ruins were partially completed. I think I will need to get these finished.